| DESPAIRED | • despaired v. Simple past tense and past participle of despair. • DESPAIR v. to lose all hope. |
| DESPAIRER | • despairer n. One who despairs. • DESPAIRER n. one who despairs. |
| DESPERADO | • desperado n. A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West. • desperado n. (Colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer… • desperado n. (Colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship. |
| DESPERATE | • desperate adj. In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire. • desperate adj. Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless. • desperate adj. Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous. |
| DESPIGHTS | • despights n. Plural of despight. • DESPIGHT n. a looking down with contempt, also DESPITE. |
| DESPISALS | • despisals n. Plural of despisal. • DESPISAL n. the act of despising. |
| DESPISERS | • despisers n. Plural of despiser. • DESPISER n. one who despises. |
| DESPISING | • despising v. Present participle of despise. • despising n. An act of despising. • DESPISE v. to look down upon with contempt. |
| DESPITING | • despiting v. Present participle of despite. • DESPITE v. to treat with contempt. |
| DESPOILED | • despoiled v. Simple past tense and past participle of despoil. • DESPOIL v. to plunder. |
| DESPOILER | • despoiler n. One who despoils; one who strips by force; a plunderer. • DESPOILER n. one who despoils. |
| DESPONDED | • desponded v. Simple past tense and past participle of despond. • DESPOND v. to lose heart. |
| DESPOTATE | • despotate n. (Historical) An area ruled by a despot (δεσπότης) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries). • DESPOTATE n. a territory governed by a despot, also DESPOTAT. |
| DESPOTATS | • despotats n. Plural of despotat. • DESPOTAT n. a territory governed by a despot, also DESPOTATE. |
| DESPOTISM | • despotism n. Government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute… • DESPOTISM n. absolute power; a state governed by a despot. |
| DESPUMATE | • despumate v. To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam. • DESPUMATE v. to throw off impurities in foam or scum. |
| SIDESPINS | • sidespins n. Plural of sidespin. • SIDESPIN n. a type of spin imparted to a ball. |
| SIDESPLIT | • sidesplit n. A split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation. • sidesplit n. (Gymnastics) A split in which the legs are extending to the left and right of the torso. • side-split n. Alternative form of sidesplit. |